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Travel surplus rises to 5.06 bln in June as arrivals soar by 26 pct in 6M
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s travel balance recorded a surplus of 2.73 billion euros in June, from 1.54 billion euros in May, according to Bank of Greece (BoG) data released on Tuesday. June’s balance was roughly 17 percent higher than the 2.23 billion euros registered in June 2022. The balance in June 2021 was just
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Raging fires and deaths force government onto defensive, create dangerous mix
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Parliament to face questions about the fires, rather than him offering to brief the opposition on his terms
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Retails sales contract 1 pct in June, volumes fall as food dips by 6.2 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomytrade also improved by 0.8 points to 24.7, after a rise of more than 3 points in July, up by 25.1
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Hiring balance for 7M reaches record despite first negative July reading since 2019
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s employment balance in July turned negative by 8,294 more departures than hires, according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. The hiring balance in July last year was 2,999 more hires, suggesting a year-on-year deterioration of 11,293 jobs. Total hirings in July
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GDP grows by 1.3 pct QoQ in Q2, in line with growth estimates of 2+ pct for year
EconomyMacroeconomyfor HICP is 4.5 pct, less than half the 9.2 pct for 2022. In the latest monetary policy report
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Return to investment grade overshadowed by flood destruction
Economy, with some initial estimates briefed by Greek officials seeing it more than 3x potentially reaching 2.5
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Workers lost almost 9 pct of real income last year, research shows
Societya decade, being close to 45 pct in certain years, and at 38.5 pct in 2022. More than four in 10
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Outsider Kasselakis on track to lead SYRIZA after securing key backers
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis rather than his leadership rivals. A prospective victory would
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Industrial turnover drops by 10.2 pct in Jul, driven by foreign markets and manufacturing
EconomyMacroeconomyof more than 114 points seen in February 2022, before the Ukraine conflict.
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Our cruel summer
Agoravaluable than anyone else’s. And the kind of cynicism that creates the sense that non-Greeks can
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